The Osage Nation Sex Offender Registry Program is being developed as a collaborative effort between the Osage Nation Judiciary, Police Department, the Osage County Sheriff''s Office and the BIA.

The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (AWA) (Pub. L. 109-248, 42 U.S.C. § 16901, et seq) authorizes the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) to administer sex offender management grants. These grants assist state, local and tribal jurisdictions in implementing and/or enhancing sex offender registration and notification programs that support compliance with Title I of the AWA, known as the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). SORNA was enacted to protect the public from convicted sex offenders and offenders against children by establishing a comprehensive national system for the registration of those offenders.

The Osage Nation will implement an effective Sex Offender Registry (SOR) through: implementing a four-month planning process to create an SOR program plan; increasing tribal capacity for SOR management and operations by assessing and enhancing existing laws, regulations and guidelines related to sex offender (SO) notification, registration, and tracking; increasing collaboration to coordinate SO notification, registration, and tracking through multi-jurisdictional strategy sessions with county, state and federal agencies; increasing tribal capacity and capability to manage SO data by upgrading, updating or acquiring new equipment and system interfaces and accompanying software; increasing the tribal community's knowledge of the SOR process by conducting informational sessions in each village, town, and/or community throughout the territorial boundaries of the Osage Nation; and increasing tribal capability to operate, manage and sustain a tribal SOR system through provision of local, regional or national training events.

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